Willem Salet 2018: Public Norms and Aspirations: The Turn to Institutions in Action. New York and London: Routledge–RTPI Library Series

In the post-political age, norms and principles have lost their public appeal: they are almost universally perceived as constraints to individual initiative and social innovation. Public Norms and Aspirations by Willem Salet goes against this tide, seeking to re-establish a platform for planners from which they might assess ongoing practices and fluctuating urban agendas, allowing them to act unconditioned by the pressure of performance and deliverables.